WBD CEO David Zaslav announced the move, with the company declaring, "no consumer today is saying they want more content, but better content."

During Wednesday's upfront presentation, Warner Bros. Discovery announced Max will be rebranded as HBO Max starting this summer.

Normally, Conan O'Brien and the "Inside the NBA" stars get the biggest laughs at a Warner Bros. Discovery (and before that, a Turner Networks) upfront. O'Brien wasn't there, instead appearing via a quick,

Wednesday's name change adds Warner Bros. Discovery to an infamous list of prominent companies that have made well-publicized pivots The post HBO Max Enters Hall of Fame of Corporate Brand Reversals Alongside Netflix,

The streaming service Max is returning to its roots and reviving its classic name: HBO Max. This comes almost two years after Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced that the streaming service would undergo a rebrand by dropping HBO from its name.

A little more than two years after lopping “HBO” off of the streamer’s name to create the breezily-named Max streamer, Warner Bros. Discovery has decided to reverse course. Max — the unloved mononymous identity, too cool or too anxious to acknowledge its origins — is HBO Max once more .